I can see from just the few replies that folks will have their own opinion as to what improvements or changes need to be considered. 

Whatever the final approach may be I'm sure that everyone will agree on two things, that it works as intended and from the sites viewpoint that it doesn't become a difficult task to maintain.  Can't ask for much more than that.

+10000000000000000000000000000000000000000

I wonder if , and I am not sure how others feel, guess we'll find out, but, I wonder if when a viewer or skinner visits a personal gallery, could it be organized in sections. So that walls, skins, textures, etc. are not mixed.Thanks, DT1.

My fav site once adblock is installed..lol..easy on the eye,tabbed sections instead of links below banner,if i remember rightly i think the color of the website can be changed to whatever you like

http://www.afterdawn.com/

1-Seperate articles from actual tutorials/guides for the customization software & have link that says guides or tutorials,imo this question should never have had to be asked doing a search for a tut didn't work for me either including using forum search not to mention website https://forums.wincustomize.com/447691/page/1/#3390500

2-add the links that are in the 2nd line from the bottom that point to joe user,stardock etc ,either at the bottom of wincustomize or include with the rest below the banner at the top or both top & bottom

https://www.stardock.com/products/cursorfx/help/

3-wondering why there are all these different sites for the same company instead of a one stop shop for the lot,to me afterdawn have the key use tabs for the differing sites would make navigation a lot easier more so for those that don't come here often & newer web searchers i.e you've got wincustom,stardock,joe user etc

4-still working on it

These skins are made by Subaru 

One thing I would like to see is that when you upload and no moderation is required, that the item appears instantly wherever it needs to show up. Same with when one makes a forum post, it is there instantly.

Oh, and key site links and activities need to have links not only at the top of a page, but also at the bottom so you don't have to keep scrolling to the top of the page every time you need to use a link. This should be on the main site and in the forums.

Fix this for IE10 on Windows8?

WC is the only site I have trouble with using IE10.

You need to start a developer community with a reliable means for developers to get paid for more advanced submissions.

Wincustomize needs to up its game and that takes blood and sweat. Let people get paid for it and they will come.

At the moment the community still shuns paid submissions somewhat.

c.f. Apple app store  in iTunes.

Yes. Legacy by far.  DeviantArt's section suffers the same problem too with so many 2004-2006 themes and all.  I would like to see them split up between each version of Windows, myself, while still letting a theme exist in 2 categories if they support both.

It's so hard to really put art into categories, though.  Maybe make fanboy categories for like movies/games/etc. which would help filter some of it.  Maybe something like a more professional category for work computers, and probably dark and light categories are really the only thing I can imagine splitting them up by without having people miss out on themes they might like by making too many categories.  I think once the themes are split up between Windows and WB version compatibility, we may not even need any other specific categories since older ones make up the bulk.

OH, and can you please add a column to people's profile contents saying what the item listed is for?  I mean you generally can't tell a wallpaper from a theme unless you click on it and some people have some long lists.

That's it for me.

Was just wondering if there were any screenshots available that someone just might want to give the community a peek at.  

There's nothing to see right now, the point of this thread was for suggestions and ideas.

A single login for all features would be nice. It is weird seeing multiple logins on a page for different sub-sites. Newbies (and people who visit infrequently who haven't memorized the quirks) will login to their account and then wonder why the forums still don't work - "Oh, there is another login form further down the page!"

Most of all (and I have never really understood why this absolutely critical feature is missing):

• The ability to identify (and search for) which WindowBlinds skins are for which version(s) of Windows and which DeskScapes themes require MPEG2 support and which don't.

The days of having to waste hours and bandwidth downloading a ton of promising stuff, only to try it out and find it doesn't work, should have been over a long time ago.

I would add fields for this critical information that are mandatory and not allow skins/themes to be posted until the artist states which configurations they have designed and tested for. Currently posted skins/themes should be flagged and the artist pinged until these fields are completed. This would go a long way to addressing the chronic shortage of skins for 8, as people will no longer be able to coast along pretending their XP-only skin cuts it.

I realise the downside is that the apparent number of skins available will no longer be grossly exaggerated (the claim of 100's or 1000's is empty if almost none of them work for you), but it is a pain worth bearing in the long run.

Bear in mind that Flickr and Tumblr with their continuously scrolling pages make it almost impossible to access older material (you have to scroll through endless screens, down, down, down) and the browser often crashes before you get there because it has had enough. They always return you to the top when bookmarked or hit the back button (so you have to scroll through endless screens all over again). And, Tumblr makes the mistake of animating the thumbnails for video, which compounds these problems 100-fold. There is something so wrong with having to download hundreds of images/videos you don't want (and wait for them all to come in) while looking for something specific.

The layout you link to is very nice, but paging is far better than continuous scrolling in terms of usability. These days, too many websites are being "fancy" with no regard for "usability".

But make sure it works for browsers that are not maximised and only occupy part of the screen alongside other windows. I can't stress this enough. Having to scroll sideways is painful. Sites that assume full-screen are a royal pain (and they are usually not easy to read full-screen either - the eye can only take in so many words per line of text).

Oh, and as can be seen for the lack of context of my reply to Island Dog, the Reply button should create a post that is threaded to the one it is replying to. If you need to click Quote to "thread" replies, then the Reply button should do this and the Quote button be dropped. A Reply button that does not "Reply" to the post it is displayed on is misleading and not a lot of use.

I agree, Tim.

To go along with 2of3's comments, the Most Popular option for listing the skins is not working properly. 

Nice to see you here Tim. 

I would like to see the sit be more mobile friendly.

When visiting WC on my phone, the login popup shows up off screen and is a booger to get on screen, it's too big, and way off screen.

Not as bad on my 10 " tablet, but still a pain.

Having the option to change the color would be nice.